St. Patty's Day Goodness

I neglected to take pictures of everything, but here is a picture of a couple of the things I made for two different St. Patrick's Day events (none of which I was able to attend, because my kiddos were home sick!).

Soft sour cream sugar cookies with fresh whipped vanilla butter cream, and chocolate little cakes topped with cookies-n-cream butter cream and personalized vanilla glazed sugar cookies.

I also made coconut macaroon tartes filled with fresh lime curd and topped with freshly whipped cream, and puffed rice treats tinted green and topped with drizzles of white chocolate tinted green. Both were yummy. And cute. But I forgot to take a picture before I delivered them. The lime tartes, I must admit, are a new favorite. The combination of the sweet macaroon crust with the tart lime center was to.die.for.

Young Women Values Cupcakes

These were for someone's Young Women activity... Some of the value words were a little too long to fit on the 1" cookie, but we made do!

Chocolate cake with Cookie n' Cream buttercream and "values cookies" toppers.

Valentine Cupcakes

Valentine Vanilla mini cupcakes topped with an almond glazed sugar cookie. You can find these at Oh Sweet Sadie, along with the other 3 flavors pictures behind it - Double Chocolate, Amaretto (Almond) Kissed, and Mint Cookies n' Cream.

Winter Wedding

Here are some pictures from a beautiful Winter wedding. We did a dessert bar and a cupcake tower wedding cake. Photos by the talented Heather Tycksen at Heather Tycksen Photography.

Cupcake tower wedding cake in reds and creams. Cream-filled chocolate cakes topped with chocolate ganache and personalized monogram cookies. Chocolate cakes topped with cream cheese frosting and tinted coconut. Vanilla cakes topped with home-made vanilla almond marshmallow cream and dipped in white chocolate. Vanilla cakes filled with fresh raspberry butter cream and topped with amaretto-whipped butter cream and fresh raspberries.

Cupcakes surrounded the tower on an elegantly dressed table.

Close-up of the personalized sugar cookies.

The dessert bar included: Milk chocolate dipped peanut butter blondies, meyer lemon bars, mini berry-topped cheesecakes, white-mint-dipped brownies, sour cream sugar cookies, white and milk chocolate dipped strawberries, and coconut macaroons.

I had so much fun. And thank goodness my mama came to the rescue and aided me in dipping and transporting these sweet confections. Aren't moms the best? Well mine is anyway.

Baby Shower Cupcakes

Little Chocolate cakes with fondant toppers in light green.
This isn't the best photo, but I was in a hurry. You get the idea anyway!

Little Baby Birdies...

I made these cupcakes and toppers for a baby shower. The mom-to-be wanted the cupcakes to match the baby's bedding, pictured here.


Vanilla little cakes with vanilla butter cream and personalized almond glazed sugar cookies.

September

I have been busy baking. So busy that my laundry has piled up, my kids have run wild, and my hubby has felt entirely neglected. I have enjoyed it immensely however! Here are a few photos...

Spooky Cookies, personalized for a Halloween Party. (I guess this was technically October, but you get the idea)


Autumn themed cupcakes. Chocolate zucchini cake topped with cinnamon butter cream. Y-U-M The kids and I snuck a few of the extras before I delivered these...


Lolli"pops" Homemade, buttery, ooey gooey caramel corn, on a stick, dipped in chocolate and rolled in pecans.


Personalized cupcakes for a Senior Living Center.


My own twist to the classic "Snowball" Cupcakes.


Sparkled Strawberry Sugar Cookies with an almond glaze. These went atop some Strawberry Shortcake Cupcakes for a 3 year old b-day party. Unfortunately, I neglected to capture a photo of the cakes...


Handmade chocolate butterflies atop fresh strawberry butter cream and chocolate cake.

It's been a busy month. And the madness continues, so I guess I will get back to baking!

What have I been up to lately?

Not lounging by the pool. That's for sure!


Custom Tinker Bell Toppers atop strawberry little cupcakes with whipped vanilla buttercream.


Gourmet Puffed Rice Treats - Peppermint Candy, Peanut Butter Chocolate Dipped, Cookies and Cream, and Strawberry Malt.


Chocolate Little Cakes topped with vanilla buttercream and "50" little sugar cookies.


Mint Dipped Fudge Brownies and Chocolate Dipped Peanut Butter Blondies.


I made these with leftover stuff from another order and gave them to my daughter in her lunch. They were a big hit! Chocolate Little Cakes with mint buttercream, mini sugar cookies, and Chocolate "S" initials.

Pink Flamingos and I'm Going Coconuts.

A friend of mine called and asked me to make her some Pink Flamingo themed cupcakes. I thought it sounded easy enough. I figured I would find some cute mini flamingo cookie cutter and make some little sugar cookies to go on top. After about 5 hours of searching on the Internet and calling various stores, I realized that mini flamingo cookie cutters do not exist. I found mini hot dog cutters, and mini lighthouse cutters, and basically any and everything else mini - but NO flamingos. Then I had a stroke of inspiration and decided to make them out of chocolate. They turned out so cute (in my opinion:). The beaks are made out of licorice, and the bodies out of pink chocolate. The cupcakes were dark chocolate with cream filling. The pink and green cakes were carrot cake with cream cheese frosting and vanilla with fresh strawberry frosting. Mmm mmm good! And I do need to note that until this week carrot cupcakes were my nemesis. The last time I tried to make them, which was well over a year ago, they sank into a soggy mess. But alas, I got my mom's recipe and they turned out really good. Nemesis - Conquered! Merci, mom!



This same friend also asked for something chocolaty and gooey. So I made her some chocolate dipped coconut macaroons.

Photos.

Sufficeth to say, I am not the most computer savvy woman on the block. We purchased a new camera about 4 months ago, and I have just today figured out how to download pictures from it. So here are some photos from a couple of recent events. Still waiting on some pictures from the Domestic Goddess event I recently did (those will be professional photos:). Can't wait for you guys to see those. But in the meantime, these will have to do!


Little Easter Cupcakes. Dark Chocolate Cake, Cream Cheese Frosting, Tinted Coconut.

My table at Tom and Lucy's Art Shoppe. Cookies, Brownies, Cupcakes, and Marshmallow Pops.

Cupcakes From Tom and Lucy's. Mint Chocolate Chip, Strawberry Lemon Cake, Banana Banana, and Cookies and Cream.


Chocolate Cake, Fresh Whipped Cream Filling, Chocolate Ganache, and Fondant 9's with Sugar Sparkles.


Vanilla Cake, Vanilla Buttercream, and Little Chocolate 6's for the Birthday Girl.

Domestic Goddess.

I recently made some goodies for a birthday party that the Domestic Goddess was planning. The colors for the party were pink and green and each of the guests had a personalized cupcake... If you haven't already checked out the Domestic Goddess site, you need to... She's amazing! And I was really happy that she asked me to make her treats! Merci beaucoup!


Personalized cupcakes. Vanilla with strawberry and vanilla vanilla.


Heart sprinkled squares, and green sprinkled rounds...

Baby Bailey Cupcakes

We had a baby shower for a very special baby girl and I brought these...


Chocolate sour cream little cakes with a personalized little cookie.

I wanted to do something really special for baby and mom. And these turned out so sweet. And I have to thank Bailey's mom for the wonderful comment she left. Good luck to you! And I hope you know that we are all thinking about you!

Little Initial Cakes

These turned out so cute, I think they deserve their own post...

They are milk chocolate little cupcakes with vanilla butter cream frosting and an almond glazed sugar cookie with an "inked" monogram. They were for a 70th birthday party.